From the first time I stepped into a classroom,
I’ve been fascinated by the world of learning.
My inquisitive mind absorbed everything and
my senses went on overload. Now, I’m a bit
more selective but I am still drawn & intrigued
by the creative mind in action and the infinite
possibilities of innovation.

The Sedona Arts Center just completed an
exciting three month process to develop a new
Strategic Plan for implementation. We learned
so much along the way from our constituencies, our community and each other. Along the
way, we discovered the common descriptor for
the Arts Center is “life changing.”
By and large, people are drawn to Sedona to
discover more about themselves, to renew
body and soul or to reinvent themselves after
a corporate career. Here in the pages of the
ArtZine, you’ll find just that. Infinite possibilities to discover your creative self in a new way,
hone skills in a medium you love or branch out
into something new to feed your soul.

The Arts Center is a perfect place filled with
comradery and comfort to reinvent ourselves
and explore new interests. As an educational
institution in the Arts, we bring outstanding
artists in their fields to teach in a nurturing
environment and to share their passion
surrounded in beauty. It is our belief that
creativity expressed enlivens us and keeps us
growing at any age.
It’s an exciting time for us to focus on
our Vision as a premier provider of arts
education and enrichment in diverse mediums
for all ages; explore new ways to collaborate
with other organizations in making “Sedona
a Learning Center for the Arts”; celebrate
the connection between the Arts and the
human spirit and ensure a fiscally sound and
sustainable future for the Arts Center.
We hope you join us for the first time or once
again to fuel the inner journey towards creative
discovery, learning and sharing for the sheer
joy of it all!

We encourage you to co-create with us! Bring
six friends together who want to learn or
engage with a particular instructor and we’ll
help create the art experience of your dreams.
We want artists and art lovers alike to know
that everyone has the potential to express
creativity, given the right skills.

Mei Wei Wong
Executive Director

“My love affair with the Arts Center began in 1969 when I
signed up for a class. While working my day job at the
foundry, I learned to sculpt at the Arts Center night classes.
I later progressed to teaching that same class. The Arts
Center was kind enough to let me sculpt Sedona Schnebly in
the Art Barn. Through the Arts Center I’ve been able to
develop my artistic talent and to literally change my life.”

The Greatest Perfection is Imperfection?
Many philosophers, including the ancient Greeks,
have argued that the highest form of perfection
must include some of the ‘incompleteness’ of
imperfection. A certain amount of ‘incomplete ness’ in art allows the audience to interact – in
fact forces the audience to be active – to meet the
artwork with their own effort of mind and
imagination.
The School itself is also an ongoing, “unfinished”
project and we welcome your input as we move
forward. We have published an annual catalog the
last few years but this current catalog features only
the next 6 months. We will be publishing another
catalog in January - yet to be determined is whether
we will move to publishing twice yearly or simply
shift to an annual January catalog…let us know
your opinion.
Would you like to recommend an artist as an
instructor? Let me know directly via email:
vfazio@sedonaartscenter.com

And… know that the website will always be the
most up-to-date version of our offerings. Be sure to
look at our “Art Experiences” page on the web and
our “Chronological List of Workshops” to see the
latest additions to programming.
New for this catalog – See the Business of Art Page
13 – Expanded offerings associated with the Plein Air
Festival Page 6-7 - “Virtual Instruction” Page 9 and
“Satellite Studios” on Page 20.

VinceFazio

Director, School of the Arts
Full Listing of Spring 2013
Workshops available online at

Join us Sept 7th For the Open
Members Exhibition & First
Friday Reception with OPEN
CAMPUS in all the studio
spaces at the center.
Faculty will be on hand
profiling their work,
demonstrating, & available to
answer any questions about
classes and workshops.

The Arts Center’s Mission
is served by helping many
emerging artists achieve
their own goals. Scholarship
funds are available to any
students demonstrating a
financial need. Individuals
& Foundations contribute
to the Fund. A scholarship
generally pays half of the
tuition for a workshop or
class. Applications can be
downloaded online or
contact Debbie Winslow to
request an application.

Hosted at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, this workshop
will be about capturing the moment in this beautiful beach
resort atmosphere. Students will have the opportunity to
work from prints of digital photos that they have taken on the
beaches, boardwalks and marinas, coastal southern mansions
and shopping. Karin Jurick will guide students in the process
of painting (and editing) from photos while keeping the paint
application fresh and the color rich and bright. Instruction will
be available from 9 - 1 with one additional afternoon session.

Join Carol Marine for 5 days in the San Francisco Mission District
to learn and have fun. We will spend one full day in the studio,
four mornings (until 1) painting and four afternoons roaming
the city photographing the sights. Carol will be on hand with
tips for taking pictures, editing them, and painting from them.
Learn to make each brushstroke count! You will be able to print
your pictures in class to work from, or bring your laptop and
work straight from the screen. To see more of Carol’s work visit
her online blog: “Carol Marine’s Painting A Day”.

medium: oil

medium: oil

with Karin Jurick

tuition: $950 deposit: $500

with Carol Marine

tuition: $850 deposit: $500

PLEIN AIR PAINTING IN THE GRAND CANYON

NYC - FROM THE MUSEUMS TO THE STREETS

May 7 - 17, 2013

May 28 - June 1, 2013

with Kevin Macpherson

with Karin Jurick

This unique 10-day, 220 mile river trip through the Grand Hosted by the National Academy, this workshop will be about
Canyon has been custom-designed to create a once-in-lifetime capturing in paint the unexpected poetry of moments in the
plein air painting experience. The trip has been expanded this urban landscape. Students will have the opportunity to work
year to allow for 2 stay-overs at prime locations. Renowned from prints of digital photos that they have taken on the streets,
artist & teacher Kevin Macpherson will be providing instruction in the museums and in the parks of NYC. Karin Jurick will guide
in the form of daily painting challenges, group and individual students in the process of painting (and editing) from photos
critiques, guidance and/or demos for 6 sessions (approx. 3 hrs while keeping the paint application fresh and the color rich
each) during the trip. Balance of each day will be spent and bright. Instruction will be available from 9 - 1 with one
painting as a group or on your own as the light casts its warm additional afternoon session. Other afternoons, students will
glow through towering canyon walls and reflects off the river.
be free to paint in the studio or explore the city.
medium: oil
tuition: $3,700 deposit: $500 medium: oil
tuition: $950 deposit: $500
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This workshop is taught by Scott Gellatly, Product Manager for
Gamblin Artists Colors. A painter himself, Scott consults with
painters worldwide on technical issues and is involved in
developing and testing all of Gamblin oil colors & mediums.
Gamblin oils and mediums will be provided for the students to
facilitate the investigation of your own personalized color palette
that supports your own artistic vision.
tuition: $450
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SEDONA PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL is a celebration of Sedonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extraordinary beauty as seen through the eyes of 30 of the finest
plein air painters in the country. October 20 - 27, 2012 come see artists paint Sedona - on the streets, trailheads, creeks and
hillsides - capturing on canvas the beauty of Red Rock Country.

Joshua Been will clarify the mystery of
creating effective illusions in the context
of plein air painting. Through demonstration and one-on-one attention, the goal
will be to appreciate the relationships
between VALUES, the importance of
SHAPE and design and how to see and
execute differences in EDGES. Different
ways to apply the paint will result in an
effective juxtaposition of TEXTURES.

Bruce Gómez is known for capturing
the sparkling beauty of nature with the
immediacy of pastels. Students will learn
to choose an appropriate paper and
apply the lessons of building a pastel
painting while working from life in the
beautiful Sedona landscape. Bruce took
multiple awards in last year’s 7th Annual
Sedona Plein Air Festival. Learn to use
colors that bring your drawing to life.

This workshop is for those with some
experience in landscape painting who
wish to focus on issues particular to plein
air painting in oils. Focus issues will be
the selection of the subject, design of the
canvas and blocking in values. We will
explore color combinations and how
they can be used to create the effect
of aerial or atmospheric perspective to
make a convincing sense of depth.

medium: oil

medium: pastel

medium: oil

Joshua Been

Bruce Gómez

tuition: $450

ARCHITECTURAL PLEIN AIR
Larisa Aukon

Kathryn Stats

tuition: $450

SEDONA FALL COLORS
Betty Carr

tuition: $600

PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOR
Tom Lynch

October 29 - November 2, 2012

October 29 - November 2, 2012

October 29 - 31, 2012

If old architecture, majestic temples,
and picturesque streets fascinate you as
an artist, then this week-long workshop
in Sedona is for you! The workshop will
entail sketching, plein air painting, and
studio work. Each day, students will
participate in a teacher-directed ‘show
and tell hour’ during which students
will discuss their accomplishments and
concerns in a lighthearted environment.

Learn to capture the beauty of light from
this Best of Show winner at last year’s
festival. Betty Carr teaches students to
accurately portray the effect of light on
any subject, both in oil and in watercolor.
Students can work in either medium
and will explore a variety of locations in
beautiful Sedona. This weeklong
workshop begins directly following the
8th Annual Sedona Plein Air Festival.

Every painter will tell you that an
important (and most enjoyable) part
of being an artist is to paint outdoors.
For centuries many of the world’s great
artists have painted on location to
capture fleeting moments of exquisite
color and light. These artists often
translated their sketches in the studio to
create their most important works of art.

In this 3 day workshop students will
work on using field studies and other
reference materials to create studio
landscape paintings. The class will start
with an abbreviated lecture on the
fundamentals of sound painting,
including a discussion of the importance
of drawing, value, design and color.
Students will also focus on seeing in
terms of mass and form.

This workshop will give you a “virtual
toolbox” of basic techniques & familiarity
with the materials for painting with oils
and acrylics. We will explore still-life and
landscape painting directly and ways
to use photography as a creative tool.
A mid-week venture will have students
taking photos & creating sketches
on-site in beautiful Sedona for later use
in developing a studio painting.

Brian Davis will demonstrate and teach
the process that has made him one of
the most popular floral painters today.
Experienced students may complete
a painting during the workshop, less
experienced artists will have learned
all the techniques that Brian will be
demonstrating and so can finish the
painting they have started on their own.
Lots of one-on-one with the instructor!

Matt Smith

medium: oil

Vince Fazio

tuition: $500

medium: oil

tuition: $600

LUMINOUS LANDSCAPE

DRAWING WITHOUT FEAR

POCKET SKETCHING

October 1 - 5, 2012

October 8 - 12, 2012

October 17 - 19, 2012

The practice of art can be part of our
daily experience. Through this practice,
we begin to realize a deeper communion with the world we live in and new
ways of seeing. This five-day intensive
workshop invites painters at all levels
to immerse themselves in the pursuit of
the luminous landscape. We will learn to
develop strong composition, and how to
build a successful painting.

Taught with patience, humor, and
the practical goal to be able to enjoy
drawing for the rest of your life,
this course is designed for absolute
beginners and those who wish to
refresh their drawing skills. Guiding you
toward your own personal style, the class
explores five key techniques of drawing
and ways they can be combined.

Is getting started scary? Does carrying
everything keep you from painting/sketching? Whether you’re a raw
beginner or a professional, Pocket
Sketching is for you. The format is only 4
x 6 inches and can go anywhere. When
you’re working, everything fits in your
“personal space”. In a café, on the subway, on a horse, who’s to notice but you?
Learn enough to play for a lifetime.

We will use subject matter as a point
of departure in this workshop to focus
on the artist’s journey as an emotional
response in paint. Still-life, landscape and
figure will all be explored as we learn to
do small, quick paintings that get at the
essentials of good painting. What color?
What value and temperature? How thick
or thin? Learn to convey emotion, space,
atmosphere and light itself, with paint.

Learning to simplify and avoid
overworking are the goals of the class.
I use the same approach for figures,
still-life and landscapes. First we’ll use
contour drawing, helping students to
concentrate on interconnecting shapes
rather than on isolated objects. Next
we’ll practice “direct painting”, using
as few overwashes as possible. We’ll
concentrate on good paint consistency.

medium: oil

medium: watercolor

Betsey Nelson

tuition: $450

Charles Reid

tuition: $775

Learn the ins and outs of self publishing
your art, words, photography and more.
Learn how to create e-books, print on
demand and traditionally printed self
published books. Compare the different
types of publishers/printers and learn
how to market your books for little to
no money. Learn how to use Internet
sources, i.e. Lulu.com, Blurb.com, CreatSpace.com. Learn how to format e-Books
and get them sold at Amazon, iBooks,
Barnesandnoble.com, and other
online book retailers. Learn to effectively
market your self published book & make
the best use of social networks to market
your work.
This intensive two-part series covers the
publishing industry (including publish
on demand) in part one and marketing,
social media and promoting your book in
part two.
$45 per workshop

Drayton Online

Your Personal Art Director
There is a reason that advertising agencies have Art Directors. Everyone can
COLORED PENCIL ADVENTURE STILL-LIFE PAINTING
benefit from highly tuned professional
Richard Drayton
Qiang Huang
criticism of their work. Years as an advertising art director and artist gives Richard
Sept 21 - 23, 2012 or Nov 9 - 11, 2012 December 4 - 6, 2012
Join Richard Drayton and learn how to Qiang’s approaches to still-life painting Drayton the background needed to cripush the boundaries of your creative will be demonstrated with particular tique and improve compositions in both
expression by combining the colored focus on composing dramatic setups subtle and dramatic ways. By submitting
pencil with a variety of methods and by observing the light distribution, and your work as digital images, Richard will
media including working on lacquered using bold and loose strokes to create a be able to use PhotoShop to make changpanels and combining pencil with fluid powerful and accurate representation on es on the virtual image that allow you to
acrylic. Students will be encouraged to canvas. Personal attention will be given see how these changes will improve your
let go and experience the joy and fun of to each student according to his/her composition. Additionally, Richard will
experimentation. Work with your own current skill level & personal goals in art. provide a commentary on what each
change was and how that alteration will
subject matter or choose from reference. Business of art included!
improve the composition.
medium: pencil
tuition: $400 medium: oil
tuition: $350
$65.00/per piece.
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S TUDIO ARTS

Virtual
Instruction
Online Classes Ready When You Are
NEW!

M IXED M EDIA

Who Mixed-Up
My Media?

by Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson

A mixed media work of
art is one which combines multiple painting
and drawing materials
and methods, rather than
just one medium. Any
number of materials may
be utilized, such as paint,
ink, pastel, torn paper, fabric, transfers, etc.
The artist may choose to use two or many
more mediums in any mixed media piece.
Working with this mixed-up technique
can be fun and exciting; combining all
your favorite art supplies has its
advantages. Consider the benefits of
painting the background of a large canvas
with the broad strokes of a 4-inch brush
and then adding detail with the fine points
of markers and colored pencils. Ponder
the texture you could incorporate by
gluing papers or fabric under and over
acrylic paint. Embrace the unpredictable
qualities of fluid acrylics or watercolors
as the backdrop to some very detailed
gyotoku fish prints. With mixed media, the
options and combinations are endless.

ART AS AUTOBIOGRAPHY

PAPER PAINTING

October 6, 7, 8, 2012

November 3, 4, 5, 2012

No experience is required for this unique
weekend of art immersion with a master
teacher and artist. Joella guides you to
finding your own rich, personal content
through her own process of collage and
spontaneous painting. These intuitive
works are then assembled into a life-size
collage that expresses a map of your
entire life! You will learn surprising things
about the source of art and yourself.

Paper Painting is an intense workshop
in which students are taught a
unique figurative collage technique.
Students will learn to make a beautiful
palette of colors with various papers and
create an under-painting and collage
with paper for a final finish. Working with
photographic reference, students will
explore
drawing,
composition,
proportion, value, color and collage.

tuition: $450 materials included

tuition: $350

Joella Jean Mahoney

Elizabeth St. Hillaire Nelson

In my studio, I have many different art
supplies at my disposal. Some of my
favorite detail oriented media include
Derwent Inktense pencils and Staedtler
Mars Lumocolor Permanent Fine Point
Markers. For broad fields of color I love
Golden Fluid Acrylics and for stamping
and dry brushing I use Golden Tube
Acrylics. As of late I have been
experimenting with old wooden type and
Speedball Block Printing Ink to add numbers and letters into my work.
Mixed media is considered to be a 20th
century art form. One hundred years ago
in 1912, Picasso incorporated a piece of
oil cloth in with his oil paint to create “Still
Life with Chair Caning”. This was the very
beginning of collage, one specific form of
mixed media involving various materials
glued to a surface.

TEXTURE - COLOR - FEELING

ENCAUSTICS & PAPER

Jan Sitts

Catherine Nash

November 6 - 9, 2012

December 7 - 10, 2012

Combining aggressive textures and
unusual mediums with various “raw”
materials, the mixed media abstract
painting creates a unique magnetism
that engages the viewer. The method
becomes the message through the
alchemy of play between materials and
emotions. Join Jan Sitts in the adventure
of learning new processes of layering
material that will lead to new discoveries!

Stain, paint, embed, layer, stitch,
crumple, fold, form and dip! Use a wide
variety of handmade and purchased
papers including recycled paper
elements, old book pages, photographs,
vintage letters and envelopes, magazine
imagery, and small 3D objects. You will
learn to combine encaustic and paper to
create unique wax-based collage,
assemblage and mixed media works.

What could be more fun than experimenting with multiple combinations of favorite
art supplies? You never know what you
will come up with, and when you achieve
an effect that you love, you may never be
able to duplicate it. The unpredictable
nature of mixed media is what keeps it
exciting and will keep you coming back for
more.
medium: acrylic
tuition: $550
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tuition: $675

by Lance Richlin

PAINTING THE PORTRAIT

RAKU FIGURE

October 10 - 14, 2012

October 26, 27 28, 2012

This 5-day workshop will enable the
student to produce a classical portrait.
Lance Richlin is the author of the best
selling book in the world on portrait
techniques. He will guide you in the
finest Baroque painting methods.
Explore blending, wet into wet and
refining of details. You will also learn
secret methods of using impasto to
create ultra-realistic textures.

Lorri’s 3-day workshop will present
participants with a new way of
working with clay. Using fiberclay
(regular ceramic clay with special fibers
added to it), she teaches skills and
techniques that encourage fragile and
elongated forms that are often regarded
as impossible to make and fire. The class
will culminate in a raku firing so that you
will leave with your finished sculpture.

medium: oil

medium: fiberclay

Lorri Acott

Lance Richlin

tuition: $650

tuition: $375

People say to me,
“I wish I could
paint.” I try to explain to them that
they can, but they
never believe
me. Students
are worried sick
because they
aren’t sure if they Erl Van Aken painted entirely
from life by Lance Richlin
have
enough
talent. I wish I could get them all to realize
that they do have enough talent. The truth
is that anyone can learn to paint realistic
portraits—all that’s required is proper
technique and a couple years of practice.
Of course, I can still take pride in my
accomplishment. I’m proud that I learned
the best techniques and practiced them.
But the pride I allow myself is comparable
to any professional who has earned an
advanced degree.
In previous eras (from the Renaissance to
the early 20th century), one could go to an
academy or atelier and expect to leave with
skills similar to those of the master. The
ability to paint realistically was considered
the birthright of anyone, in the same way
that people can learn to write or multiply.
There was/is no such thing as magical artistic
talent that rare individuals are born with.
“In medicine, do people become
doctors because in youth they
discovered their “knack” for surgery?
No, doctors learn their trade from
medical school. The same goes for art.”

WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT

EGG TEMPERA PORTRAIT

November 5 - 8, 2012

November 12 - 16, 2012

One of the lessons we learn through art
is that spontaneity is often well planned.
Pierre Mion will guide students in creating the elusive watercolor image that is
both solid and spontaneous, gestural,
yet rich with the evocation of detail
and specificity. Students of all levels are
welcome in this step-by-step approach
to the figure in watercolor. You will learn
to use the vignette and so much more!

Old as the Egyptians and most famous
during the Renaissance, egg tempera
painting is becoming increasingly
popular with artists today. Tempera
has unsurpassed luminosity. Dozens of
glazes and scumbles can be applied in a
day, and yet the medium also allows for
meticulous linear detailing. Because of its
luminosity & fine line work, egg tempera
is ideal for rendering the human face.

Pierre Mion

medium: watercolor

Koo Schadler

Classical artists must master all of the
following: figure drawing and anatomy,
perspective, composition, and traditional
painting techniques. Anyone can learn
these techniques. Therefore, I simply tell
students that this (pointing to my work) is
how I paint - and if they like my results then I can certainly teach them.
Lance Richlin has recently won a
Certificate of Excellence in the Portrait
Society of America, International
Competition and he is a Finalist in the Art
Renewal Center, 2011/12 Salon, He is the
author of “How to Draw Life-like Heads”

Contemporary
Clay by Jim Romberg
An “Other” medium;
New Perception Required!
Contemporary work
in clay is in a state of
excited & energetic
development. Liberated from strict definitions of “pottery”
by the “Revolution In
Clay “ of the 1950’s in Los Angeles, and
under the influence of sensual and
textured Japanese Ceramics and the
new energy of Abstract Expressionism
in painting, clay was given new forms
of surface, texture and content that
meshed easily with the most contemporary painting and sculpture of that day.
And curiously, as these developments
have continued, ranging from the
figurative to the conceptual, the
centuries old archetypal vessel form also
participates in this expanding expressive
field.

HANDBUILDING

THE ART OF METAL CLAY

Sandra Blain

Komala Rohde

October 5, 6, 7, 2012

October 13 - 15, 2012

This hands-on workshop will begin by
presenting methods of experimentation
with hand-built and wheel-thrown
forms and greenware surface treatment
utilizing slips and stains. Methods of easy
glaze formulation & glaze manipulation
will follow with unusual glaze applications. Use of the kiln for color enhancement through control of the atmosphere
& heat with actual firing of students’ work.

3-Day Beginners Workshop
The cutting edge industry of metal clay is
one of the fastest expanding branches of
the jewelry industry. Loved by many for
the intuitive flow of its creations, metal
clay is an ideal entry into the world of
metals even for novices. Using copper,
\bronze and silver (optional) we will
complete projects exploring functionality and finishing techniques.

tuition: $200

tuition: $340, material fee: $125

A material that has been for centuries
at the heart of the spiritual, artistic, and
functional needs of so many cultures
finds itself today in a fascinating
quandary. How can we understand and
appreciate contemporary work?
The question of “is it art or is it craft?”
has been long used as a template for
investigation. This has finally been
recognized as inadequate to deal with all
the particulars of creations in clay. The
conclusions reached seldom captured
the essence of the work. After many
tortuous debates, it is being realized that
ceramic objects assert their identity as
clay objects, not as a subset of painting
or sculpture. More is to be gained by
considering them for the qualities they
inherently possess such as malleability,
qualities of firing and glaze, 3-dimensions, etc.
Consequently the “otherness” of
ceramics is being fully seen with the
capability of expanding content and
experience in
the artistic realm.
Contemporary clay defines its own
terms of interpretation and appreciation,
inviting the viewer into a new territory
enhancing life as only clay can.
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MODERN RAKU

THE ART OF BEADING

November 10, 11, 2012

November 17 - 19, 2012

Raku Ceramics, from its birth in 16th
century Japan to its explosive arrival and
widespread practice in the USA in the
1950s, remains a philosophy and practice
that stimulates an intense involvement
with every aspect of creating and finishing ceramic forms. Inviting a distinctly
hands-on approach, this ever-evolving
aesthetic and technique lends itself to
the development of expression.

3-Day Beginners Workshop
Have you ever dreamt of designing and
making your own jewelry? It is easier
than you think! This course will give you
a comprehensive foundation in the art
of beading. You will receive step-by-step
hands-on instructions on how to create
your own jewelry. We will cover many
aspects of design, creation and repair of
your own jewelry.

These four workshops can be taken
independently, however together they
provide you with a clear path to marketing yourself as an artist. Working with
specialized experts in their respective
fields, you will essentially have a “design
team” for your message. This will help
you hone your narrative and public
presentation skills on your website,
in gallery presentations, in a book, or
one-on-one with potential buyers. This
process will even give you a clearer
understanding of your own work and
therefore how to best present it to the
world.

THE WHOLE PACKAGE

REVISING YOUR STORY

December 6 & 12, 2012

December 7, 2012

How to brand yourself as an artist and
communicate your message. How
does branding apply to an artist? Used
correctly the branding process provides
an artist with a powerful tool that helps
you authentically define, develop &
communicate
yourself/business
to
potential collectors and galleries.
December 6, 2012
4 - 6 pm
December 12, 2012
1 - 5 pm

Do you sometimes stumble when people
ask what you’re up to artistically? No
matter how complex your creations,
when you’re talking to dealers, potential
buyers and media, you’ve got a minute or
less to engage people. I’ll teach you how
to shape your story so you can represent
yourself effectively, whether at galleries
or in interviews with reporters and
critics. Create a compelling narrative.

tuition: $150

tuition: $175

Mindy Mendelsohn

Polly Frost

9 - 4 pm

Bad Role
Models

- And What We Learned From Them

A One-Person Show with Polly Frost
7 pm - December 6, 2012
We’re all told we need good role
models. But who do we really learn the
most from, our good or bad role models?
In her new one-person show, Polly Frost
takes a humorous and heartfelt look at
the eccentric, oddball and misbehaving
people who have really made a positive
difference in her life. Polly Frost is a writer and performer who lives in NYC and
SELF PUBLISHING & SOCIAL
DYNAMIC DIGITAL STORIES
California. She performed her show
MEDIA
Kelli Klymenko Ed Uzumeckis, PhD
“How to Survive Your Adult Relationship
with Your Family” to a sold-out audience
December 8, 9, 2012
December 10, 11, 2012
in Sedona in 2011. Polly’s humor and
Learn the ins & outs of self publishing Learn to combine your images, your journalism have been published in The
your art, words, photography and more. story and music into a powerful digital New Yorker, The New York Times, The
In today’s ever-changing publishing presentation that can be used to profile Atlantic and many other publications.
world, more and more people are self and promote you and your artwork on Her books include “Deep Inside” and
publishing their books. Learn how to the web, as a DVD and even on mobile “With One Eye Open.” Her plays include
create e-books, print on demand and devices. Students will be able to finish “Sex Scenes” and “The Last Artist in NYC”
traditionally printed self published the project in just two days using the which was selected for “Best American
books. Compare the different types of state of the art computer labs at Yavapai Short Plays 2008-2009.” She has also
publishers/printers and learn how to College, Sedona Center for Arts & written and produced a web series, “The
market your books for little to no money. Technology.
Fold.”
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The closest major airport is Phoenix Sky Harbor. Begin your creative
adventure with a 2-hour drive through the spectacular Sonoran
Desert - a peaceful space of endless horizons, ancient saguaros,
carpets of blooming wildflowers and beautiful mountain vistas. Car
rentals are available at the airport, but if you would rather relax and
enjoy the scenery, shuttles are available to deliver you right to your
hotel door in Sedona.

Payment & Cancellation Policy for
Year-Round Classes & Art Experiences:
Year-Round Classes and Art Experiences are paid for in full at the time
of registration. Registration is available online 24/7 or can be handled
over the phone. There is a 15% fee for cancellations up to 7 days before
the first day of the class; there are no refunds after that date.

Online Registration is available 24/7
• Payment may be made online at SedonArtsCenter.com.
• Find your workshop by area of interest or chronological list and
click through to registration.
• To pay by phone with a credit card: call the Sedona Arts Center
toll-free at 888.954.4442 or locally at 928.282.3809.
• To pay by check: make check out to Sedona Arts Center and mail to
POB 569, Sedona, AZ 86339. Please note the workshop name, your
mailing address, phone and email address.

www.SedonaArtsCenter.com

The first day of each workshop will begin at 10am and end at 5pm,
subsequent days meet 9 - 4 pm with an hour for lunch. Plein Air
workshops and Field Expeditions may hold other hours to make use of
optimal light.

Payment & Cancellation Policy:
• Art Workshops: $100 deposit is non-refundable. The balance of the
tuition is due 30 days before first day of the workshop. The student’s
credit card will be charged for the amount due at that time. There
are no refunds after the 30 day cut-off date.
• Field Expeditions: Each one has its own payment & cancellation
policy; these can be reviewed online or call for details.
• Cancellations for all workshops must be in writing and received by
the Sedona Arts Center before the 30 day cut-off date for the
workshop. Emails are not valid unless confirmed.
• Absolutely no refunds after the 30 day cut-off date for any reason.
The Sedona Arts Center is not responsible for providing make-ups
or issuing refunds, credits or transfers for sessions missed as a result
of illnesses, emergencies or other events beyond our control.
Students will receive a full tuition refund only in the event that
the Arts Center cancels a workshop. We strongly urge students to
purchase refundable airline tickets in case of workshop
cancellations or other unforeseen changes. The Arts Center is not
responsible for non-re fundable ticket purchases or lodging fees.

For more than 50 years, the Sedona Arts
Center has helped emerging artists by
providing scholarships and grants to
supporting their creative and educational goals. Through the generosity
of individual contributors and funding
through the legacy of foundations, the
Arts Center continues to pave the way
for artists of the future. By contributing
to the Sedona Arts Center Scholarship
Fund, you give hope for a brighter and
productive future in the Arts to many.

“The welcoming community I find at the
Sedona Arts Center nourishes my life and
my art. SAC gives me the opportunity to
learn, teach, socialize and gives me a place
to exhibit my paintings. Sedona Arts Center
is the Heart of Sedona.
“In 1951, Nassan Gobran, sculptor and
founder of the Sedona Arts Center, told
me that he saw a need in Sedona for an
arts center like Tanglewood in Lennox,
Massachusetts. This center would provide
nourishment and enrichment to culturestarved residents and visitors. An Arts
Center would also identify Sedona as a
serious art environment. Ten years later, his
vision became a reality.
For the past 50 years since its founding,
the Sedona Arts Center has been and is the
cultural and educational anchor of
Sedona. Sedona Arts Center is dedicated
to sharing the enjoyment and importance
of having art in one’s life and making arts
education a priority. Now, we all have the
responsibility to ensure that this treasured
institution continues to exist in Sedona.”

Mahoney is Professor of Art Emerita, University of La Verne where she began developing
the art Department in 1964. She holds a B.A.
in Art from Northern Arizona University and
an MFA in painting from Claremont Graduate
University. In 1996 Mahoney was honored as
Distinguished Alumnae by Northern Arizona
University during its Centennial Year Celebration. In 1997, Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation honored Mahoney for her achievement in the arts.

-Joella Jean Mahoney

“These past eight years have been so
exciting for me as an artist and an
instructor at the Arts Center. To share
knowledge with others is the most exciting and rewarding experience of my life.”

“Since 1978 my true connection to Sedona
and its art community has been through
the Sedona Arts Center. SAC continues to be
relevant and is still the hub for visitors
exploring Sedona’s art community.”

Through demonstration and one-on-one time with the instructor, students will learn
to throw a variety of forms on the potter’s wheel or use various techniques to create
innovative hand-built work. Extruder, slab roller and forms are available to explore both
functional and decorative work. A variety of glazing techniques and colors are available.
Tuition includes the first bag of clay. Additional bags of clay may be purchased during
class for $28 per bag which includes glazing & firing fees. Enrolled students may also
participate in one open studio session per week - Wed or Sat 1-4pm.
5 Sessions: $178 (Associates $163)

Come experience the excitement of ‘Alternative Firing’
techniques. The workshop will include Raku, Sagar and
Horsehair firings. On the first Saturday each participant will
create 3-5 pieces using the wheel (experience required)
or handbuilding (no experience required). On the second
Saturday we will fire the work exploring a variety of alternative finishes creating colorful and intriguing surfaces and
textures. All materials and firings included. A great way to
introduce yourself to ceramics or explore new possibilities.
9 – 3pm $150 (includes materials)

Working in oil or acrylic, students of various
levels will learn how to approach the painting process with confidence while exploring
the basics of value-pattern, composition and
color. Students may work from life and/or
photos. Instructor demonstrations and lots
of individual attention provided.
Gretchen Lopez majored in advertising and
design, when she attended Ventura College,
then went on to study fashion design and
illustration at the Fashion Institute of Design
and Merchandising in Los Angeles. She
completed her studies at the Art Center
College of Design in Pasadena, California.
She combines traditional as well as
contemporary elements in her work.

PA12H
PA12J
PA12L
PA12N
PA13B

6 Sessions, North Studio:
$240 (associate $216)

DRAWING CRASH COURSE
Vince Fazio

Sept 10 - 19, 2012 DR12C

Nov 26 - Dec 5, 2012 DR12D

4 sessions, Monday & Wednesday 1 - 4 pm, South Studio: $120 (associate $108)
Whether you are interested in a refresher course or drawing for the first time, drawing
is the prerequiste course for all art work including all forms of painting, sculpture and
mixed media. Learning to see in terms of lines, shapes and values is the essential skill
required to translate the 3-dimensional world to any 2-dimensional surface,
regardless of the medium you ultimately wish to explore. If you want to improve your
painting - take this course.

If you are just starting out exploring the visual arts - this is the course to take. As well
as learning to draw, you will learn the most essential thing in the arts: HOW TO SEE, the
foundation of all art.
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6 sessions, Mondays 10 - 3 pm, Ceramic Studio: $268 (associate $244)
Basic waterbase clay sculpture classes are open to all skill levels. Classes will cover
hands-on sculpture creation, demonstration and one-on-one time with the instructor.
Sculpt figures, bas-relief, garden sculpture, handbuilding or free-form objects. Barbara
Brown is known as the sculptor of the javelinas for the “Javelinas on Parade”, a
fundraiser benefitting many Sedona non-profits with creative participation from
artists all over town. Tuition includes one 25# bag of clay and includes all glazing and
firing expenses. Additional clay may be purchased at $28 per bag. Enrolled students
may also participate in one open studio session per week which are available most
Wed and Sat from 1 - 4pm.

ENLIVEN YOUR LANDSCAPES
Susan Pitcairn

Oct 4 - 16, 2012 EL12A (Tues & Thur)

Dec 3 - 12, 2012 EL12B (Mon & Wed)

4 sessions, Tuesday & Thursday 1 - 4 pm, North Studio: $120 (associate $108)
Explore elements of composition, color, gesture, light, brushwork and meaning to
bring life to your landscapes. Susan Pitcairn, an award-winning Sedona landscape
painter/poet who paints in the Sedona Plein Air Festival, will guide you through
four intensive sessions that will deepen your appreciation of Sedona’s magnificent
landscape and your ability to express nature’s many moods and messages with greater
confidence and freedom, working both outdoors and in the studio. You are asked to
work in oils, acrylics, water soluble oils, pastels or oil pastels - technical instruction is
available for all of these. Recommended for intermediate painters or those with some
drawing experience. Beginners may find it easier to work in pastels.

THE ART OF CHAINMAIL - ONE-DAY CLASSES
Komala Rohde

10 - 5 pm, South Studio: $90 (associate $80)

Originally popular in the Middle Ages, we have recently seen a fast growing
community of enthusiasts adding a contemporary twist in creating beautiful jewelry
with ancient and modern weaves. These classes explore the most popular chainmail
weaves. We will explore material, tools and basic jump ring techniques before we
enter into weaving Byzantine, European, Persian & Japanese weaves. $30 material fee
JW12A Aug 1
JW12B Aug 8
JW12C Aug 15
JW12D Aug 22
JW12E Aug 29

Your Personal Art Director – There is a reason that ad companies have Art Directors.
Everyone can benefit from highly tuned professional criticism of their work.
Participants in this one-day workshop will submit an image of their 2-D work to the
instructor one week prior to the class meeting. Enrollees will then attend the one-day
workshop to see how Richard would improve the work. Participants will learn from
their own piece as well as from seeing the work of others. Each student will get a high
quality digital image of their work – adjusted in Photoshop to create a better visual
design. Through this before-and-after process, students will learn surprising principles
of how to engage audience visually & how to eliminate distracting elements.
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SATELLITE STUDIOS

Satellite Studios

The Satellite Studios program provides the opportunity to gather in the intimacy of an artist’s studio with a small class size and all
sorts of specialized equipment to create unique project oriented artwork. These low-cost programs offer the opportunity to jump
in with both feet without having the up-front expense of a lot of tools and materials.
Register online or call the artist directly to get started!

Komala Rohde

The Art of Metal Clay – Beginner’s One-Day Workshops
10 - 5pm $90/ea - A one-time tool kit purchase of $45 is required.
Materials fees vary depending on projects but include firing & tumbling of your pieces.
The cutting edge industry of metal clay has only been around since the early 1990’s, yet is
one of the fastest expanding branches of the jewelry industry. This comprehensive course
will give you a great foundation in the contemporary medium of metal clay.
July 13 – A Pendant in Bronze - Materials fee $25
July 20 – Lentil Bead and Earrings - Materials fee $35
July 27 – Fine Silver, ring w/embedded stone - Materials fee $55

Joanie Wolter
Fun with FiberClay Sculpture
Cost: $170 (Includes all materials)
This one weekend workshop will introduce you to the world of sculpting with Fiber Clay. A
portion of what you’ll learn is how to use armature to create support, to repair cracks and
breaks, and to cold finish your sculpture to make it look like a bronze. Bring pictures of at
least 2 things you are interested in sculpting. You can also bring any old ceramics tools you
might have lying around (optional).
Aug 11 & 12, 9 am - 4 pm
Sept 29 & 30, 9 am - 4 pm
Jan 15 & 16, 9 am - 4 pm

FC12A
FC12B
FC12C

Holly
Stedman
Splendor in the
Glass Studio
Learn how to fuse glass!

FG12a Dichroic Glass
Wall Plaque

FG12b Glass Painting
with Frit

FG12c Woven Glass
Plate

FG12d Bowl or Plate
Round or Square

Each project is $175.00 including all materials, firings and use of tools required. Each of these project oriented classes will be done
over two 4 hour sessions in Holly’s Studio. No experience required. Dates of classes will be customized as requests & reservations
are made - call Holly directly to get on the ‘interested list’ for each class! 928.204.2432.

Children ages 5-12 are invited to monkey around and have a roarin’ good time
at the 8th annual Art For Kids summer art camp titled, “Animals in Art!” The
week-long day camp will begin with a field trip to Out of Africa where students
will capture photos and/or do sketches of their favorite animals. Using
artist-grade supplies such as fiber clay, acrylics on canvas, inks, graphite,
charcoal and pastels, students will create artistic works of animals, both real
and imagined. Each lesson will be led by a professional artist including Joan
Bourque, Cheryl Heimer, and Joanie Wolter. The last day of camp will culminate
with an art show and a potluck lunch for the families & public where each young
artist will present an exhibit of photos & sketches of animals.
Daily “animal yoga poses” will be led by certified yoga instructor Amber
Martinez. Students will also learn about famous masters and their works of art
that feature animals such as Andy Warhol’s “Grevy’s Zebra” and Paul Klee’s “Cat
and Bird.” Limited scholarship assistance is available to families that demonstrate need.